Intel Core i3-2100 vs Intel Core 2 Duo E8600

Core i3-2100 vs Core 2 Duo E8600 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-2100 performs better than the Core 2 Duo E8600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 2 Duo E8600 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i3-2100 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core 2 Duo E8600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-2100. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-2100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.